I always thought of Pelswick as being the "counterpart" to As Told By Ginger. They both came out around the same time, on the same network, and had basically the same dealing-with-tweeny-issues thing going on. Ginger massively outlasted Pelswick, though.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada![]()
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I remember Pelswick. It was supposed to be released on DVD, but because of the low ratings, it never was..Plus, you're totally correct about The Buzz On Maggie 's theme song...I have it on my iPhone. It's a real Earworm. You should download the full version.
The Legends Of Treasure Island, I've heard a couple mention it around here, but otherwise seems to be obscure. Basically an In Name Only adaptation with Funny Animals and loads of WTF supernatural stories. Fun in places with lots of interesting ideas, but watching it now at an older age, it was admitedly kind of a mess in terms of story execution.
In fact most Film Fair's portfolio outside Paddington Bear and The Wombles seems to be barely known these days. They also did stuff like the aforementioned The Dreamstone, The Shoe People and Astro Farm that were rather excessively aired on CITV in the 80s and 90s.
I've only seen a couple of episodes of Pelswick, remember thinking it was kind of funny though, especially one with the science fair, where one of the students compares the Principal's brain to a monkey's. He wakes up randomly in the middle of the night during The Stinger realising he has been insulted.
edited 22nd Oct '12 7:49:26 PM by Psi001
Ah, fair enough then. You'd be at home here though. Often considered a big part of TV heritage (along with stuff like Bag Puss and Roobard And Custard, these ring a bell too?), they were even used in some recent ads.
edited 22nd Oct '12 8:35:55 PM by Psi001
Our biggest strength in animation seems to be preschool stopmotion. Our attempts at other stuff such as cel or CGI don't seem to get as much exposure (hense maybe why companies such as Film Fair slowly dwindled when it reverted away from it's usual model stuff).
Oh, here's another one, The Trap Door.
edited 22nd Oct '12 8:43:53 PM by Psi001
I never watched the Paddington Bear cartoon much, but I had a big book of Paddington-related... uh, stuff when I was younger. It was like a storybook mixed with activites and other weird things.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada@Robbery, sorry for the late reply. No, you are right, the concept was similar to Land of the Lost, but this is the show I was on about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Dinosaurs
Hey, I see your Bagpuss and I raise you with:
Camberwick Green - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camberwick_Green
Trumpton - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpton
and finally
Chigley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chigley
(which I think was the only one of the series that I don't recall watching a single episode of - which is a bit sad as the other two series were fricking awesomely good to watch when I was younger.)
edited 23rd Oct '12 2:09:28 AM by TamH70
I vaguely recall the Waynehead opening, but I have no clue where I'd have seen it.
I also remember watching Neds Newt when it first came out. I discovered it entirely by accident because a Mac in the computer lab could somehow access TV channels.
: It was on Cartoon Network for a while. That's all I remember it from.
I do remember Wayne and his "big shoe."
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaI think it was pre-2000 CN, maybe 1998? I know it was back when they were still using the "checkerboard" bumpers for everything. Around 2000, I think, was when they changed to the "ribbon" bumpers...
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada"Anyone remember something called Twinkle The Dream Being, a kinda edutainment type show from the nineties in which the main character granted wishes to other characters, most of them with terrible Hilarity Ensues consequences. Notable for it's rather saccharine alien universe and having Twinkle voiced by Tress Macnelle in her "Mr Fiend" voice."
I've heard of it too, but I haven't watched it because I can't seem to find it ANYWHERE!
Toad Patrol. Canadian preschool-targeted cartoon with a cult Periphery Demographic that aired for two seasons in the U.S. on Toon Disney but in a 4:30 A.M. graveyard slot. Never was really the right fit for the network. Amazing show - serialized, which is rare for that type of show, and astounding songs and music.
There was a superhero series, whose main character was a magician. I think it was a stage magician kind of think, but I'm not sure. I think that was also title of the series. The Wizard? The Magician? Not sure.
There was also another superhero cartoon (what's with me and superhero cartoons, I never saw anyone talk about?). I have no idea what the main character was, but he had a sidekick, who found a butterfly costume that he liked to wear. But everyone confuses it with a moth (which, as far as I know, are butterflies or, at least, related to them).
Yeah, fuzzy memories all around and I don't know why I remember them (well, I forgot about Enigma until I read it here). But I think I remember that I really liked the magician thing.
edited 13th Nov '12 6:50:49 AM by Nyarly
People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.
Maya is actually part of a fairly long-running media franchise, especially in Europe. While it's never been too big in the States, it's pretty enduringly popular in Europe.
A cartoon series with a bee as the main character? Interesting. I thought the new The Hive series was the only one.
I know that one exists mostly because someone linked me to a song from one of the episodes, where a couple of... anteater-type creatures do a song and dance about themselves. It was catchy as heck and I kept songspamming it.

I used to watch American Dragon semi-regularly (as in, regularly enough to know the characters and setting, but not regularly enough to not be horribly confused by plot developments). I've never wacthed The Buzz on Maggie or Pelswick, but I've heard about them.
edited 11th Oct '12 12:13:44 PM by WackyPancake
"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."